DARPA Robotwars++ worth $1,000,000

The DARPA said last Thursday that 86 teams have submitted technical papers …

?Lost in Space? may have only been a TV show, but the reality of it gets closer everyday. The DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) said last Thursday that 86 teams have submitted technical papers describing their proposed robotic cars that can drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on an off-road course in 10 hours, with a top prize of $1,000,000 to the winner.

The 250-mile course--which won't be completely revealed until two hours before the start--will require the computerized vehicles to drive through or around sand, mud, boulders, ditches, barbed wire, mountains and at least one overpass where onboard GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation setups won't work. Except to send commands for an emergency stop and restart, humans can't interfere--the cars must drive themselves.

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